One evening, a poor farmer found a wallet filled with money on a lonely road. He took it home and told his wife. "Nobody saw you pick it up," she said. "Keep it." The farmer replied, "The owner may not have seen me, but my conscience did." The next day, he returned the wallet to its owner, a wealthy businessman. Grateful, the businessman offered him a reward. The farmer smiled and said, "I didn't return it for a reward. I returned it because it wasn't mine." Weeks later, the businessman helped the farmer secure a contract that changed his family's life forever. Moral: Integrity may seem expensive, but dishonesty costs more.
